Install Gitlab CE on CentOS 7 / Fedora 30/29/28

In this guide, we will cover the installation of Gitlab on CentOS 7 / Fedora 30/29/28. Gitlab is Git-based fully featured platform for accelerated software development. It provides up to scratch features like integrated CI/CD, Auto DevOps, Kubernetes integration, GitLab Container Registry e.t.c.

Since this installation is for Gitlab Community Edition, more features can be unlocked by moving to subscription. check the GitLab subscriptions for details.

Install Gitlab on CentOS 7 / Fedora 30/29/28

The start of the actual installation of Gitlab on CentOS 7 / Fedora 30/29/28 is this section. Gitlab installation requires your server to have a minimum of 4GB ram and 2 CPU cores.

If you do an installation on a system with lower hardware specifications, you may experience tortoise-like performance.

Step 6: Secure GitLab with SSL Certificate (Recommended)

SSL is the de facto protocol for securely accessing services in the internet. You can make use of free SSL certificates such as Let’s Encrypt to secure your GitLab server. Refer to our previous guide below.